An average cow is costing the EU (and its citizens) nearly $1,000 a year Europe's cows have apparently been given a pay rise today. It was mentioned on the daily politics that under EU regulations, western European cows will now be subsidised to the… more »

Smokefree NI ("a coalition of 41 statutory, private and voluntary organisations" according to the BBC) and the Monica McWilliams from the NI Human Rights Commission have declared that bar workers have a 'human right' not to be forced to suffer the ill ef… more »

I decided to pop along to the Empire's comedy night last night and, as I'd been told, it was really quite funny. There were 3 blokes on including the host-type bloke and all three were pretty much hilarious. Great stuff. That said, I need to vent. The… more »

No, not my real job. I got that a couple of weeks ago. I've been asked to write a post occasionally over at The Guvnor Times. It seems to have quite a wide range of topics covered from the little time I've had to read it. I made my debut just aft… more »

I was reading a news article on the BBC website regarding foreign investors avoiding Belfast, costing Northern Ireland jobs, because of the riots when a thought struck me. The rioters may not be overly concerned about a few hundred (or even thousands of)… more »

Given the assault on our nation currently being carried out by packs of inbred morons across Belfast, I'm more disgusted than ever with the scum who call themselves loyalists. All but a few of these 'loyalists' support violence and/or the paramilitaries.… more »

Wasn't the excitement of Wednesday night great? Wasn't the atmosphere fantastic? Did you hear the fans in the stadium, or even on their way to the stadium? I'd have given my right arm to be there. OK, my left arm anyway. The point is that the stadium… more »

In yesterday's post on the terrorist attack on a charity fundraising festival I, very deliberately, did not use the term 'dissident' at all. The report linked to from the story lays the blame with "dissident republicans" but I feel this is a very deliber… more »

I'm thoroughly bored and/or depressed by various instances of news today so I'm not writing up on any of them. What am I talking about? Well a man was beaten by a gang of 4 men in Londonderry. Hard bastards, 4 of them to take on one guy - they must be so… more »

I don't pretend to understand the mindset of republicans. Frankly the self-important arrogance inherent in the idea that adding Northern Ireland to the 26 county republic is worth blowing up 29 innocent men, women and children (including 2 unborn childr… more »